2010–11 UEFA Europa League

The UEFA Europa League 2010/11 was the 40th edition of the second most important competition for European football clubs, which took place up to the 2008/09 season under the name of the UEFA Cup. The contest took this season 194 clubs from all 53 national associations of UEFA part.

The season began with the first leg of the first qualifying round on July 1, 2010 and ended with the final on 18 May 2011 at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin (because of the sponsors name for the finale Dublin Arena), the FC Porto 1-0 by a goal from Radamel Falcao against SC Braga won.

Scorer of the competition was the Colombian Radamel Falcao from FC Porto winning the Europa Cup season record of 17 goals.

• 3.1 Group A
• 3.2 Group B
• 3.3 Group C
• 3.4 Group D
• 3.5 Group E
• 3.6 Group F
• 3.7 Group G
• 3.8 Group H
• 3.9 Group I
• 3:10 Group J
• 3:11 Group K
• 3:12 Group L

Mode

The participants qualify through the national league and cup competitions in the UEFA member associations. Automatically eligible to start in the main competition is the title holder of the previous year, unless he competes in the high-order Champions League. All other participants will be determined by the qualifying rounds, or emerge as losers of the Champions League qualification in the competition. Three qualifying rounds will take place between early July and early August 2010. The fourth and final qualifying round is called for better marketing " play-off round," these games in late August 2010. When a team goes into the qualification depends on the placement of the association in the national championship as well as the positioning of the home association in the UEFA five year ranking 2009. In each qualifying round will be divided based on their club coefficient (KK ) in half and placed in unseeded clubs, purely national pairings are excluded.

In the ensuing group stage 48 teams will be distributed on the basis of the club coefficient on four Lostöpfe, and then divided by lottery into twelve groups of four teams each. Each group plays similar to the UEFA Champions League, a full series of round-trip games from, so the group stage contains six games.

The table first and second group stage to reach the finals, third - and fourth-placed teams will be eliminated. Still encounter the eight third group from the group stage of the UEFA Champions League These 24 teams. Thus 32 teams reach the knockout phase, in which the enemy will be drawn separately for each round, which compete in each round-trip game against each other until the two finalists have been chosen. Earliest in the second round two representatives of a nation must meet. The final is decided in a single game in May 2011 at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin.

Occasionally it can happen in the tournament, and in accordance with the framework Schedules and draw two games would take place time and Close to the village. Because such encounters are excluded from safety and other considerations, in such cases, in consultation with the clubs involved a different arrangement is found, for example, by the venue changed, or is on a Schedule, which is actually reserved for the Champions League, dodged.

Compared to last year there was a small innovation. The special rules for Andorra and San Marino have been dropped, and expanded the number of participants by two places. From now on, the Cup Winners' Cup of Nations start in the stands 52 and 53 in Q1 round, no matter what nation it is. In addition, for the first time must also take the runner-up the last two ranks. The runner-up of ranks 33 and 34 to fall back from this round of Q2 and Q1 round, so 54 teams compete in round Q1, provided there are no substitutes. As defending champion Atletico Madrid has also qualified as a national cup finalist, bring the Cup Winners of Malta and San Marino in the second, and the Finnish Cup winner on the third qualifying round.

Qualification

First qualifying round

• Draw: on June 21, 2010 in Nyon
• First leg: July 1, 2010
• Second leg matches: 8 July 2010

• Participation: 52 teams, including three were fair play qualifiers: Sweden Gefle IF ( winner of the Fair Play rankings )
• Finland Myllykosken Pallo -47 (third)

Second qualifying round

• Draw: 21 June 2010 ( as the first round ) in Nyon
• First leg: 15 July 2010
• Second leg matches: 22 July 2010

• Participation: 80 Teams, including the 26 winning teams of the first qualifying round

1 The game UE Sant Julia - Myllykosken Pallo -47 was canceled due to the weather with the score at 0-1 after 80 minutes and re-scheduled the next day. 2 penalty Verified by UEFA due to the use of a locked player 3 penalty Verified by UEFA due to the use of a locked player

Third qualifying round

• Draw: on July 16, 2010 in Nyon
• First leg: 29 July 2010
• Second leg matches: on 3 and August 5, 2010

• Participation: 70 Teams, including the 40 winning teams of the second qualifying round

Play-off

• Draw: on August 6, 2010 in Nyon
• First leg: 19 August 2010
• Second leg matches: 26 August 2010
• Participation: 74 teams take part, including the 35 winners from the third qualifying round and the 15 losers in the third qualifying round of the Champions League

1 Leg already on August 24, 2010. 2 leg already on August 17, 2010, as PAOK Saloniki also had home advantage. 3 leg already on August 17, 2010, as Galatasaray also had home advantage.

Group stage

For the group draw, the 48 participants were divided according to their club coefficients in four Lostöpfe each with 12 teams. One pot contained the defending champion and the 11 teams with the highest coefficient, pot four, the 12 weakest representatives. There were no two teams a nation drawn in a group, as purely national meetings are allowed only from the second round.

Participants were 37 winners of the play-offs, as well as the defending champion Atletico Madrid and the 10 losers of the Champions League play- offs Sheriff Tiraspol, FC Red Bull Salzburg Rosenborg Trondheim, Sparta Prague RSC Anderlecht, BSC Young Boys, FC Sevilla, Sampdoria, Zenit St. Petersburg and Dynamo Kiev.

Case of a tie between two or more teams, the rankings will be determined according to the following criteria:

• Round 1: September 16, 2010
• Matchday 2: September 30, 2010
• Round 3: October 21, 2010
• Matchday 4: November 4th, 2010
• Round 5: 1 / 2 December 2010
• Round 6: 15-16. December 2010

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

Group I

Group J

Group K

Group L

Round of

The table first and second group stage came on, third and fourth placed teams dropped out. These 24 teams met the 8 group Third from the group stage of the UEFA Champions League. These were Spartak Moscow, SC Braga, Ajax Amsterdam, FC Twente, Rubin Kazan, FC Basel, Glasgow Rangers and Benfica. Thus 32 teams reached the knockout phase. For the round of set are the 12 group winners and the four best third out of the Champions League, with a renewed encounter between the group winners and runners- a group is excluded. In addition, two representatives of an association shall meet at the earliest in the second round. The draw took place on 17 December 2010 in Nyon, is played on February 17 and 24, 2011.

1 The first leg was held on 15 February 2011, as PAOK Saloniki also had home advantage. 2 The return match took place on 22 February 2011, as Spartak Moscow also had home advantage. 3 The return match took place on 23 February 2011.

Second round

The draw was held together with the draw of the sixteenth finals in Nyon on 17 December 2010. For the game on the 10th ( first leg ) and 17 ( return legs ) in March 2011, the following meetings were as follows:

Quarterfinals

The draw took place on 18 March 2011, was played on April 7 and 14, 2011.

Semifinal

The draw took place on 18 March 2011 following the quarter -final draw, was played on April 28 and May 5, 2011.

Final

Top scorers

Subsequently, the scorers of this Europa League season are listed (without qualification). The list is sorted according to their number of hits or the same number of goals alphabetically.

See also: List of scorers of the UEFA Europa League